. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 438 MEXICO, CENTRAL AMEPJCA, WEST INDIES. But the rumour had been spread that one of the Bahamas possessed a treasure far more precious than gold or silver, that marvellous " fountain of rejuvenes- cence " which was fabled to restore vigour and health to old age. At all times the myth had haunted the popular imagination, and the poets and painters of this epoch, itself an epoch of " renaissance," had endowed the mysterious " spring of life " with a sort of reality. It had now only to be discovered, and the men Fig. 21
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 438 MEXICO, CENTRAL AMEPJCA, WEST INDIES. But the rumour had been spread that one of the Bahamas possessed a treasure far more precious than gold or silver, that marvellous " fountain of rejuvenes- cence " which was fabled to restore vigour and health to old age. At all times the myth had haunted the popular imagination, and the poets and painters of this epoch, itself an epoch of " renaissance," had endowed the mysterious " spring of life " with a sort of reality. It had now only to be discovered, and the men Fig. 212.—Bemini Island and Banks. Scale 1: 79*10' West oF Greenwicin 7 8'30 Oto 10 Feet. 10 to 32 Feet. liepths- 18 Miles. who had found a new world naturally seemed destined to eclipse their astonishing achievement by this last and greatest of triumphs. Pagan and Christian ideas were intermingled in their fancy, and as Columbus thought he had re-discovered the earthly paradise, Ponce de Leon hoped to quaff the source of immortality spoken of in all the mythologies. In 1512 he sailed from Puerto Eico with three. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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